The "have a look at this!" thread II

Strapped

LisbonLaura wrote: »

Started at £9,000, ended at over £17,000!
You can't go wrong with bricks & mortar, as long as you bury it
Who has bought it & why?
Is it for a novelty holiday let?
BTL?
Bunker for a frightened banker?
???

Beautiful spot in the Teign valley, secluded place to stay, I'm not surprised it sold. Better than camping esp in winter. Good spot for a telescope? (not sure about the trees interfering). Satanic rituals? OK, I made the last one up.

Yorkie1

Strapped wrote: »

Beautiful spot in the Teign valley, secluded place to stay, I'm not surprised it sold. Better than camping esp in winter. Good spot for a telescope? (not sure about the trees interfering). Satanic rituals? OK, I made the last one up.

I love the way the ebay ad says 'collection in person' under the 'postage' heading!

LisbonLaura

'Property of the Week' from fleabay
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=261096900989&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en#ht_1038wt_1270

Please reassure me that this is a joke listing?!

Mobeer

MoneyJuggler wrote: »

This has a very strange street view - at the end of the row of terraces are another two houses, which seem to be two storey properties, the same height as one storey in the terraces - to make matters even stranger, there appears to be a face in the top storey of the first small house!

Anyone got any ideas, as I keep on looking and trying to work out if I've got the wrong perspective!

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-16964208.html

Looks like a tall house next to low offices or housing. Google Maps identifies the low building as Rowan House, home to Cranbrook Management Consulting, yet that company has no website?

toadyfrog

LisbonLaura wrote: »

'Property of the Week' from fleabay
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=261096900989&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en#ht_1038wt_1270

Please reassure me that this is a joke listing?!

Probably not a joke, but you do have to keep an eye out for lions.

GDB2222

LisbonLaura wrote: »

'Property of the Week' from fleabay
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=261096900989&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en#ht_1038wt_1270

Please reassure me that this is a joke listing?!

Why do you think it's a joke? Check sold prices for the road. http://www.nethouseprices.com/index.php?con=sold_prices_street_detail&street=WALL+STREET&locality=LEE+OVER+SANDS&town=CLACTON-ON-SEA&cCode=EW&year=All&house_style=All&house_age=All&search_radius=&outcode=CO16&incode=8EU

It's probably 50% more than it ought to be, but it's certainly not a joke. It looks like a lovely spot for a holiday home.

LisbonLaura

GDB2222 wrote: »

It's probably 50% more than it ought to be ..

That is the joke.

Most recent ebay listings in the UK where the seller has been brave enough to let it run from a low start, (& there are not many who do that), have resulted in the top bid being about a third of their BIN price.

That of course is absolutely no reflection whatsoever on the true state of the UK's pwoperty 'market' post credit binge.

SUESMITH_2

namecheck wrote: »

Did you notice the Energy Efficiency Rating?:eek:

i did, but thought if you can afford that for a house you ain't going to be short of pound coins for the meter

namecheck

SUESMITH wrote: »

i did, but thought if you can afford that for a house you ain't going to be short of pound coins for the meter

That's true. However, it does seem strange that the property has had so much money pumped into it and yet the rating can still be so very low.

Yorkie1

Now that's what I call a modern extension (pic 1), from an unprepossessing frontage (pic 12)

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-23991348.html